Detailed Reading 2.I took up the chip on which the three I have particularly described were struggling,carried it into my house,and placed it under a tumbler on my windowsill,in order to see the issue.Holding a microscope to the first- mentioned red ant,I saw that,though he was assiduously gnawing at the near foreleg of his enemy,having severed his remaining feeler,his own breast was all torn away. exposing what vitals he had there to the jaws of the black warrior,whose breastplate was apparently too thick for him to pierce;and the dark carbuncles of the sufferer's eyes shone with ferocity such as war only could excite Question Translation
2. I took up the chip on which the three I have particularly described were struggling, carried it into my house, and placed it under a tumbler on my windowsill, in order to see the issue. Holding a microscope to the firstmentioned red ant, I saw that, though he was assiduously gnawing at the near foreleg of his enemy, having severed his remaining feeler, his own breast was all torn away, exposing what vitals he had there to the jaws of the black warrior, whose breastplate was apparently too thick for him to pierce; and the dark carbuncles of the sufferer's eyes shone with ferocity such as war only could excite. Detailed Reading
Detailed Reading They struggled half an hour longer under the tumbler,and when I looked again the black soldier had severed the heads of his foes from their bodies,and the still living heads were hanging on either side of him like ghastly trophies at his saddle-bow,still apparently as firmly fastened as ever,and he was endeavoring with feeble struggles,being without feelers,and with only the remnant of a leg,and I know not how many other wounds,to divest himself of them,which at length,after half an hour more,he accomplished.I raised the glass,and he went off over the windowsill in that crippled state. Ouestion Translation
They struggled half an hour longer under the tumbler, and when I looked again the black soldier had severed the heads of his foes from their bodies, and the still living heads were hanging on either side of him like ghastly trophies at his saddle-bow, still apparently as firmly fastened as ever, and he was endeavoring with feeble struggles, being without feelers, and with only the remnant of a leg, and I know not how many other wounds, to divest himself of them, which at length, after half an hour more, he accomplished. I raised the glass, and he went off over the windowsill in that crippled state. Detailed Reading
Detailed Reading Whether he finally survived that combat,and spent the remainder of his days in some Hotel des Invalides,I do not know;but I thought that his industry would not be worth much thereafter.I never learned which party was victorious, nor the cause of the war,but i felt for the rest of that day as if I had my feelings excited and harrowed by witnessing the struggle,the ferocity and carnage,of a human battle before my door. Translation
Whether he finally survived that combat, and spent the remainder of his days in some Hôtel des Invalides, I do not know; but I thought that his industry would not be worth much thereafter. I never learned which party was victorious, nor the cause of the war, but I felt for the rest of that day as if I had my feelings excited and harrowed by witnessing the struggle, the ferocity and carnage, of a human battle before my door. Detailed Reading
Text Introduction|Culture Notes|Author|Structure Hotel des Invalides (Paragraph 2) The Hotel des Invalides,built under the direction of Louis XIV in the 1670s in the center of Paris,is now resided by the Musee de I'Armee,a military museum,and the Musee des Plans-Reliefs,a museum in Paris,whose unique collection of models presents fortresses,towns,and natural settings from the 17th to 19th century;adjacent,the gilded dome of the D6e Church dominates the skyline.A place for soldiers to recuperate after the war. 0
Hôtel des Invalides (Paragraph 2) The Hôtel des Invalides, built under the direction of Louis XIV in the 1670s in the center of Paris, is now resided by the Musée de l'Armée, a military museum, and the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, a museum in Paris, whose unique collection of models presents fortresses, towns, and natural settings from the 17th to 19th century; adjacent, the gilded dome of the Dôe Church dominates the skyline. A place for soldiers to recuperate after the war. Text Introduction | Culture Notes | Author | Structure
Hôtel des Invalides